Jones v. State

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Keith Emery Jones, guilty of aggravated robbery and assessed punishment at 15-years confinement. In seven points of error, appellant asserts: the trial court erred in refusing his requested jury instruction; he was denied effective assistance of counsel; and the trial court erred in overruling his trial counsel’s objection to a portion of the prosecutor’s closing argument. We reverse and remand.

Factual background

At about 10:30 p.m. on March 12, 1991, Irma Guajardo and her sisters Maria and Laura were on their way home from visiting their cousin.…